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FNUS72 KCAE 171513
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Spot Forecast for Wateree River HP/WMA...SCDNR
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1013 AM EST Fri Jan 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EST on January 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Winds much lighter today, generally out of east/northeast this morning,
then changing to more southeasterly into the afternoon, although with
the light winds the direction could also remain variable at times.
Plenty of sunshine on tap through the day.  Airmass remains dry, with
lowest RH values dropping to between 30-35 percent.  Moisture will
be on the increase late tonight, with rain expected through the day
on Saturday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south
                    around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................10 to 31.

TIME (EST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   0   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  53  56  57  58  57  54
RH..............48  41  35  34  33  34  38
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind dir..090 120 130 140 150 140 140
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.5   5   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.4 1.1
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Transp wind dir.090 120 140 160 170 170 160
Transp wind spd.6   5   6   7   7   7   7
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   1   1   2
ADI.............15  17  20  28  31  30  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 9 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 to 4.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........5      20     66     89     94     98
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............51     43     40     39     39     40
RH..............44     65     79     85     89     89
20 FT wind......SE 1   SE 1   SE 1   S 1    S 1    S 1
20 FT wind gust.
20 FT wind dir..140    140    150    160    160    160
Mix hgt (ft)....700    400    500    500    500    500
Transp wind dir.150    140    160    150    160    170
Transport wind..SE 7   SE 7   S 9    SE 7   S 7    S 7
LVORI...........2      3      4      5      6      6
ADI.............3      3      4      3      3      3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain showers in
                    the morning, then chance of rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 to 27.

TIME (EST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........99           93           63
Weather cov.....S CHC        DEFNTE       CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR       RNSHWR       RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30           80           30
Temp............41           47           56
RH..............89           83           72
20 FT wind......SE 1         SE 2G6       SW 3G9
20 FT wind dir..150          150          210
Mix hgt (ft)....500          500          1600
Transp wind dir.190          190          220
Transport wind..S 6          S 7          SW 13
LVORI...........6            4            3
ADI.............6            7            27

$$
Forecaster...Liscinsky
Requested by...Travis Bennett
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500857.0/CAE
.DELDT 01/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bennettt@dnr.sc.gov